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The Source Of Half The Emissions Of An Illegal Ozone-Depleting Gas Has been Found
IFL Science 22 May 2019
Half of the illegal emissions of a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gas have been identified as coming from just two Chinese provinces. Although partially anticipated, the findings will assist moves to track down the source before they destroy the Earth's protective ozone layer ... This accounts for 40-60 percent of the global anomaly ... ....
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Xi Warns China To Prepare For Difficulties From Trade War
WorldNews.com 23 May 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing needed to make preparations for difficult times as it faces an uncertain international trade situation in the future on Wednesday in comments carried by state media ... The report did not specifically mention the ongoing trade war or the United States. There are no further meetings scheduled between U.S....
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Trump Administration Sanctions Target Shadowy Weapons Dealer
WorldNews.com 23 May 2019
administrations over a dozen years to curb the activities of Lee, who has been compared to A.Q. Khan, the notorious Pakistani scientist who secretly helped North Korea, Iran and Libya develop nuclear weapons programs beginning in the 1970s. In 2014, the Justice Department indicted Lee in New York for using “a web of front companies” to evade U.S ... ....
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Duterte Orders Ships To Send Garbage Back To Canada
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
Hours after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered Canada to take back its garbage, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced a plan to bring the rotting trash back to Canadian soil by the end of June, according to Global News. ... Duterte had already threatened to send back the garbage to Canada if the issue was not resolved last month. ....
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US Navy Sends Two Ships Through Taiwan Strait
WorldNews.com 23 May 2019
The United States military said it dispatched two Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, according to News Corp Australia. The move will likely anger Beijing, at a time of already heightened tensions between the two major global powers due to an ongoing trade war between China and the United States ... A U.S ... Diehl ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Post-Election Unrest Continues For Second Night In Indonesia
WorldNews.com 23 May 2019
Clashes between protesters and Indonesian security forces continued on Wednesday night as crowds continued to show their rage over the result of last month's presidential election, according to Reuters ... State news agency Antara said three hospitals treated more than 350 people for injuries on Wednesday after the unrest ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Trump Storms Out Of Meeting With House Democratic Leaders
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
United States President Donald Trump abruptly left a planned meeting with Democratic leaders on Wednesday after exclaiming he would not work with them unless they stopped investigating him, according to Politico ... "He just took a pass," Pelosi told reporters after the brief meeting and outburst. "And it just makes me wonder why he did that....
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Moderate Islamic scholars 'to be executed by Saudi Arabia'
Skynews 22 May 2019
Saudi Arabia is reportedly preparing to execute three moderate Islamic scholars despite the international outrage that followed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi ... ....
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Mario Batali Faces Criminal Charge in 2017 Encounter at Boston Restaurant
New York Times 23 May 2019
The celebrity chef faces a criminal assault charge related to an allegation that he groped and kissed a woman. His lawyer said he denies the allegation ... ....
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CBP Shuts Down Border Facility After Teen Migrant Death
WorldNews.com 23 May 2019
Customs and Border Protection temporarily suspended intake at the largest migrant processing center in Texas on Wednesday as the United States agency fights an outbreak of "a flu-related illness," according to National Public Radio ... ... As of Wednesday afternoon, the Central Processing Center resumed operations ... They're hungry," she told NPR ... law allows....
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U.S. Repatriates Family From Syrian Camp For ISIS Suspects
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
An American family has been removed from a Syrian detention center for suspected Islamic State members and returned to the United States, The Guardian reports ... They are believed to be U.S. citizens of Cambodian ancestry and to include children born under ISIS rule.Another American, Hoda Muthana, an alleged Isis propagandist, was left behind. The U.S....
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![Ramariopsis kunzei is an edible species of coral fungi in the Clavariaceae family, and the type species of the genus Ramariopsis. It is commonly known as white coral because of the branched structure of the fruit bodies that resemble marine coral.[1] First described by pioneer mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1821,[2] E.J.H. Corner transferred the species to Ramariopsis in 1950.[3] Ramariopsis kunzei has a widespread distribution, and is found in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.](http://ecdn7.wn.com/ph/img/c6/1a/6c31e7caca5833b14194d9080da1-medium.jpg "Ramariopsis kunzei is an edible species of coral fungi in the Clavariaceae family, and the type species of the genus Ramariopsis. It is commonly known as white coral because of the branched structure of the fruit bodies that resemble marine coral.[1] First described by pioneer mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1821,[2] E.J.H. Corner transferred the species to Ramariopsis in 1950.[3] Ramariopsis kunzei has a widespread distribution, and is found in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.")
Fossils Found In Canadian Arctic Are Earth's Oldest Known Fungus
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
The fungus was effectively trapped in solidified mud that prevented oxygen from seeping in and decomposing the fungi ... Before they went their separate ways, fungi and animals sat on the same branch of the evolutionary tree ... We’re not talking about anything big like dinosaurs. It would be something very simple ... ....
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Huawei says its own operating system could be ready this year if it can't use ...
CNBC 23 May 2019photo: Creative Commons / U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv
Arab States Applying Pressure To Convince Palestinians To Attend Bahrain Workshop
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
Several Arab states have reportedly begun exerting pressure on the Palestinians to agree to participate in June’s workshop in Bahrain, where the U.S. is expected to unveil the economic portion of its long-awaited plan for Middle East peace, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday....
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Boeing yet to submit 737 Max fix; says US Aviation regulator
Deccan Chronicle 23 May 2019
Washington. The US's aviation regulator has still not received Boeing's proposed fix for its 737 MAX aircraft, which have been grounded globally following two deadly crashes, the agency's chief said on Wednesday ... Also Read. China's big three airlines seek 737 MAX payouts from Boeing. reports ... (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ... .......
